closeness - by Ava - bookbear express
When I say closeness, I’m actually referring to a few constituent elements: proximity, both physical and emotional, as well as mutual empathy, shared context and shared experience.
Tracey Emin, Everything is Possible, 2019 When I say closeness, I’m actually referring to a few constituent elements: proximity, both physical and emotional, as well as mutual empathy, shared context and shared experience. Some of my earliest memories as a child revolved around wanting closeness—I often fantasized about having a twin, or at the very least a sibling close in age to me. I didn’t really know how to interact with other children, but I knew that I wanted a best friend very badly. I felt isolated from human connection. Then I got older and made friends and started dating and it…
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